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• i
  i

  the imaginary number .
• I
  I

  noun

  the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
• i-
  i-

  variant of y-.
• i.
  i.

  abbreviation

  imperator.
• -i-
  -i-

  the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.
• I.
  I.

  abbreviation

  Independent.
• -i
  -i

  suffix

  of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

i

¹ American  

Mathematics.

1. Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .

2. a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.

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I ² American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

Or i

noun

• I's,
  plural
• Is,
  plural
• i's,
  plural
• is
  plural

1. the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.

3. something having the shape of an I.

4. a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.

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I ³ American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

pronoun

• we,
  plural nominative
• me,
  objective
• us,
  objective
• my,
  possessive
• mine,
  possessive
• our,
  possessive
• ours
  possessive

1. the nominative singular pronoun, used in referring to oneself, the person speaking, writing, or otherwise communicating.

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noun

• I's
  plural

1. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)

2. Metaphysics. the ego.

I ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway).

   I-95.

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I ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the ninth in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.

3. Chemistry. iodine.

4. Biochemistry. isoleucine.

5. Electricity. current.

6. Logic. particular affirmative.

7. (italics) isotopic spin.

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i- ⁶ American  

1. variant of y-.

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i. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. imperator.

2. incisor.

3. interest.

4. intransitive.

5. island.

6. isle; isles.

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-i- ⁸ American  

1. the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.

   cuneiform; Frenchify.

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I. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Independent.

2. Island; Islands.

3. Isle; Isles.

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I ¹ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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I ² British  

symbol

1. chem iodine

2. physics current

3. physics isospin

4. logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1

5. one See Roman numerals

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abbreviation

1. Italy (international car registration)

-i- ³ British  

1. used between elements in a compound word Compare -o-

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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I. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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i ⁵ British  

/ aɪ /

noun

1. the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet

2. any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit

3. 1. something shaped like an I

   2. ( in combination )

      an I-beam

4. to pay meticulous attention to detail

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i ⁶ British  

symbol

1. Also called: j. the imaginary number √–1

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-i ⁷ British  

suffix

1. of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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i Scientific  

/ ī /

1. The number whose square is equal to −1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.

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i Idioms  

1. see dot the i's and cross the t's.

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Grammar

See me.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• I's
  plural
• Is
  plural
• i's
  plural
• is
  plural
• mine
  possessive
• my
  possessive
• our
  possessive
• ours
  possessive

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Etymology

Origin of I

First recorded before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i, Old English ic, ih; cognate with Gothic ik, German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, Old Church Slavonic azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám

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Example Sentences

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i I i- i. -i- I. -i I's Is i's is we me us mine my our ours

Headteachers have spoken to the i Paper over fears their schools will have to find money for a national 3.5% teacher pay rise, "despite claims it would be 'fully funded'".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Dr. Williams has always maintained that he was acting i self-defense,” Libman wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Canadian retail conglomerate ultimately withdrew its offer over friction around valuation gaps and antitrust issues in the U.S., prompting Seven & i to focus on restructuring and a standalone North American IPO strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“There is a certain pride in being a Californian, certainly not held by everybody ... but i would think that the mainstream would be defending the state.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Mademrtr cried her kid sister, and stamped out behind her. “Ltd i pasgp” Yossarian observed good-naturedly.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

"I get a runner's high after games. I think that's part of the oxygen depletion, maybe."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“So I ask questions to confirm their understanding.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I read the research and I kind of just made my own decision.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I have nowhere to stay. I sleep in rubbish dumps. That is why I did it," he reportedly told a court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Father and the gunman glance at each other, communicating some meaning I don’t catch.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Yet that doesn't make its turnaround solely the work of one heavily stubbled mastermind, who saved a company through his singular vision, taste and liberal use of the i- prefix.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011

But it wasn't until Cipla came out with the i- pill in 2007, marketing it to modern young women through television and magazine advertising, that women took to it.

From Time ● May 26, 2010

From this period the cause of popery proceeded-183--vol i- triumphantly: a reign of terror commenced; and the government gained fresh strength and courage by every exertion of the tyrannic power which it had assumed.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

A remarkable incident soon served to intimate the coolness and caution with which it was her intention-254--vol i- to proceed in re-establishing the maxims of the reformers.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Yea a ruffian will have more in his ruff and his hose than he should-283--vol i- spend in a year.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

And a lot of people, not just the Gilbreths, were very worried that the “best women” i. e. highly educated women were not reproducing.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

Combining the results from parts i. and ii., draw a rough sketch of f .

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

Within minutes, I got my answer: “@sethporges yes. my girlfriend cathy and i. and i used to do puppet shows.”

From Forbes ● Jun. 26, 2012

Hist. of Latin Christianity, vol. i. pp. 290-291.408.Ibid. vol. i. pp. 310-311.409.Milman,

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

It may be a connecting sound, like the -i- in nacht-i-gale.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The concord of the 4th prefix, Mi-, is gi-, -i-, -ji-, and sometimes -mi-.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

He told me he is not seeing other people, and neither am I. Every year he goes to Mexico for six months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

In that way, I feel creatively redeemed on some level, just in my own journey between me, myself and I. But I feel ready to move on from the ‘Blade’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Soccer: it’s been a long time coming between you and I. But here I am!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Also in 2025, she was a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her reporting and hosting of an audio investigation into a deadly U.S. refinery explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Then, when you get to the step where you’re actually running the check-backup command, add -i ~/Downloads/pegasus.stix2 into the option section.

From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2021

Singular masculine words end in -us, plurals end in -i.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010

Tarsus -i: the foot; the jointed appendage attached at the apex of tibia. bearing the claws and pulvilli.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Every Esperanto verb has three Moods—the Conditional, the Imperative, and the Infinitive, which are formed respectively by means of the endings -us, -u, and -i.

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann

Oncus -i: a welt: applied to welt-like ridges on caterpillars.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Judges were unmoved that Luitpold’s forebears had brewed in the region since 1260, written the purity law and invented Oktoberfest for his great-great-grandfather King Ludwig I’s 1810 wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The company taking the top spot on Gauntlet I’s leaderboard External link was Skycutter, a British startup that partnered with Ukrainian drone company SkyFall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

“I don’t carry beef with people. And I’m not going to get into the history of Doc and I’s relationship right now. And I probably won’t ever. He’s fine in my book.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

In a statement read to the public inquiry examining how Letby was able to attack babies, Child I's mother said: "I believe the doctors and nursing staff should have acted earlier."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

If you add ly, you end up with double I’s: awfully, carefully, usefully, wonderfully, etc.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Is it friendship, though, or a mutually useful rapport?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Is he living with his formerly indebted daughter?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Speaking to the BBC afterwards, Raye said she'd "poured everything I had" into the record, which features the global hit song Where Is My Husband?

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

His therapy sessions raised questions like, “What does it mean to take your anger from childhood all the way into adulthood? Is that a kind of cancer?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“But I recognize talent when I see it. Is that your problem? Everyone likes her? No one likes you?”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Now, there are still some t’s to cross and i’s to dot.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

“No matter what the federal government was doing, they knew that if they weren’t dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s, they were going to get called to account,” Hilton said.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

And I don’t tend to favor biographies, because there generally are some tedious sections in the middle as the writer dots the i’s and crosses the t’s of the subject’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The vehicle has been a success in Europe, with more than 50,000 orders, but Volvo Cars is struggling to ramp up production as quickly as planned.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Armenian Environment Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan, who is presiding over the talks, worked with both the previous and current Colombian governments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Due to adverse weather conditions and poor visibility, an aerial rescue operation by helicopter is not possible," said the the Romanian Naval Authority.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In China, the market for "legacy premium brands is in severe decline due to intense competition from new Chinese alternatives, basically eliminating profitability for legacy premium brands," the chief executive said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Captain Shingo takes note of the Philippines’ supply of oil, which is something the Japanese military needs if it’s going to accomplish its vision.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"However, in the short term, with severely challenged volumes, we need to reinforce our turnaround plan with additional decisive actions, lowering our break-even point and improving cash flows to make us more resilient."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I don’t want people to be irritated—I want them to be deliriously happy!—but we can’t play for the middle.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"And we wanted to optimize all these parameters to support live muscle cells."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

When we sat for dinner, speeches — or rather, roasts — broke out around the table, with our shared peals of laughter making the air ring with life and its sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

If we were cattle, we’d be heading all the way to Kansas.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Send me an email at [email protected] or reply to this email.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As age acceptance pulsed through me, I made my decision: I would go with the meniscus-only option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Sometimes it takes me longer to take a website down than to fix the PHP problem."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Not everyone is going to agree with everything you do,” Freund told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A deep, roaring wail bursts out of me.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"However, in the short term, with severely challenged volumes, we need to reinforce our turnaround plan with additional decisive actions, lowering our break-even point and improving cash flows to make us more resilient."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I want Milwaukee and Wisconsin to be known and to be heard because a lot of people overlook us and I just want us to have that recognition that we deserve.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The underwater location allows us to implement systematic, large-scale surveys," Seama explains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Depending on which of us you ask, it is or isn’t a situationship.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Even a few yards less might help us survive,” Caesar declares.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I’ve seen it happen to friends of mine, where there is a separation because the people that we turned into are now no longer compatible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dad told me more than once that the house would be mine someday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Romania is looking into "accelerated development of maritime surveillance capabilities, mine countermeasures and effective countermeasures against drones that intrude unauthorised into national airspace and territorial waters", the presidency said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Today, "the main challenge is ensuring security of supply outside of China. This makes our project an important part of the equation," said Kevin Pallas, head of Group 6 Metals, which owns the mine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Her feet were as big as mine, and I knew her shoes were crowding them painfully.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

"It was abundantly clear that without my intervention, the possibility to bring humanitarian aid into the city and to evacuate the elderly would be impossible."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I’ll ask for feedback from my colleagues,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“And I can remember looking over and seeing my mom sitting in the tunnel at Texas Stadium, reading a book,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As a young professional, my trick ankle gave out and I collapsed in front of my boyfriend, Drew, in the parking lot of a TV studio in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Seems like I ought to help. Become a land rush man. Set aside my guns. California and the Pacific Ocean aren’t going anywhere.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"However, in the short term, with severely challenged volumes, we need to reinforce our turnaround plan with additional decisive actions, lowering our break-even point and improving cash flows to make us more resilient."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Zero signs of offense being played around the AI theme on our pad yesterday,” said Kaplan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Finra’s arbitration forum is designed to offer our member firms and investors a fair, accessible and transparent means of resolving disputes,” the regulator said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We are working on ways to integrate machine learning into excited states calculations to further improve the efficiency of our method," Villani said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

I tell her what I saw: A Black boy, about our age, knocking on a white door.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The shame in this story was never his, and it was never ours.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said he assumed I’d be fine with it since the money was still ours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No nation, even one as capable and confident as ours, can safeguard them alone,” said Amin Nasser, chief executive of Saudi’s oil giant ARAMCO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

What different universes existed within this one world of ours!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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